FOREST CITY COURIER
Published Every Thursday in the
interest of Forest City and Ruther
i
ford County.
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Entered Aug. 22, 1918, at thn p*st
office at Forest City, N. G», as second
class matter under act of Congress
of March 3, 1879. ..
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C. E. ALCOCK Editor and Owner
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1928
ALL CAN
HELP
The progress of a comlft|ajity does
not all depend merely on enter
prise and activity of its leading- busi
ness men and organizations.
Every clerk who works in a store,
every mechanic in his factory, every
farmer in his field, every housewife
in her home, each one has some ef
fect on the future -of that commu
nity.
If the salesman is actively pushing
for new patronage and to please old
customers, he helps the city's retail
business to grow. If the mechanic
is efficient, he assists, his employer
to sell more goods. If the farmer is
diligent and scientific, he adds to the j
resources of the neighborhood. If ;
the "housewife improves the home
place, she promotes the city's repu-j
tation for culture and finish. We alt j
have to do our share, to.secure the'
development of Forest City.
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THE REJ> CROSSE |J
The American Red uross is organ-j
ized for service in peace as well as '
in War. When there is a disaster any
where, regardless of its the ,
tied Cross is always the firs£ on the
scene. Just at present the people of j
the state and nation are requested to !
contribute to the - homeless sufferers i
of the tropins, left destitute by the |
West Indian ofja few days
ago. This is just another day's work
in the life of the Red Cross. Repre
sentatives of that organization have i.
already landed on sevetai of th«f i£- [
lands with medical and food supplies,!
clothing and t^nts—This work, as
much as any other, must have money
if it is to continue. Capt. R. L. Smith,
county chairman of the National Red i
Cross, is making an appeal to the j
people of the county to contribute j
their 'bit' to this cause of mercy, and i
gender aid to the thousands of home- .
less and sick. Make your contribu- j
tion as liberal as possible. Who j
knows but what the next call will be |
for aid right here in our own state
or county.
WHO'LL WORK
WITH HIS HANDS?
The schools are turning out an un- j
limited number of bosses, managers, i
directors, superintendents, foremen,
go-getters, also salesmen, book keep
ers, clei'ks, etc. Meanwhile there I
is a shortage of people who will take
hold with their hands and do work
calling for muscle.
This disparity will probably in- j
crease, judging by figures given out
by the National Industrial Confer
ence Board, which finds that the
number of unskilled workers who re
turned to Europe since 1924, is three
times as many as those who came
thence to the United States. Perhaps
many of thesepeople were disappoint
ed when they could not pick up gold
in our streets.
.The man with the hoe and the pick
is speeded. There is an equal demand
fotr the bne who can swing a carpen
ter's hammer, a bricklayer's trowel,
br|a house painter's brush. Many
wHjp pfactice these trades are driving
shipy while ; clerks And
bookkeepers are walking.
|Lnyone should be glad to shake
hands cordially with the man in over
alls, and be glad to walk down town
Avith him. The fellow who can mix
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paint so it will stick or who can fix
the chimney so it won't smoke, has
practical views Of life. We can all
learn from him.
We should pay high respect to the
farmer. As an owner of land, he has
a position of substantial dignity.
When we give due social honors to
such people, more boys will see that
these callings are desirable.
| THE USELESS
j "GOOD CITIZEN."
i There is a certain type of man in
! every community who poses as a good
citizen. He breaks no laws, lives
morally, pays his honest debts and is
never tangled up with the law in any
manner. But he lives of himself, by
himself and for himself exclusively.
When the call is issued for volunteers
to put across a community movement
and give a boost, he never answers.
When calamity has befallen people in
certain localities and charity flies to
their rescue, he is never one of their
number. When money is needed for
a public enterprise his name is never
pn the list. When he sees some
neighbor stuck in the mud he detours
to avoid him.
In fact, if he stood on the shore
and saw the ship of state sinking, he
would never.offer to throw out a
line. And if all mankind was fashion
ed from this same kind of chap what
would happen? There would be no
churches, no hospitals for the sick, no
institutions for the unfortunate, no
progress. If you are about to become
k useless "good citizen" read this ed
itorial again.
ALL SET FOR
THE WORLD'S SERIES! *
j Hurray! The baseball contests are
growing keener—the big leaguers
are getting more pep into their play
ing—the bleacher fans are shouting
more vociferously—the radio base
[ ball fans are listening in more fre
quently— the world's series are on
jthe way!
Soon the greatest baseball event
i on the globe will be on, and natural
jly fans are getting pretty much ex
cited over the prospect. And why
| shouldn't they be! For one thing,
•everyone will be able to enjoy the
(games this year—what with radios,
; mechanical score boards, and the
jwide variety of devices that can
| bring play-by-play news of the games
| instantly to persons in all parts of .
the country.
| t -Time was when a great athletic
j event could be watched only by act
ual eye-witnesses. Now the actual
eye-witnesses are only an insignifi
cant percentage of the total number
;of persons "seeing" the event. For
one person who sits in the bleachers
or grand stand, there are thousands
who listen in to the radio, or watch
the swiftly moving figures on a
fttechanical score board.
"= What a gorgeous thing it is to
think that eighteen men may be en
gaged in a game somewhere on a
field, and that the entire nation may
be able to watch every movement of
every one of the eighteen men.
Radio and inventions of its kind
are making the world smaller, and
larger, every day. They reduce
the distance between city and city,
nation and nation, drawing all toge
ther in bonds of friendship. They
enlarge the spiritual and mental out
look of the world. They make the
world a greater, more wonderful
place to live in, and add a thousand
fold to the power of great persons
and great events to command atten
tion and influence and inspire the
Race of Man.
THE BLACK
SHEEP.
A woman has written to me, want
ing to know what to do in the case of
her son. She says he won't go to
school, he won't do useful work and
tends generally to consort with disso
lute companions.
I may as well confess right now
that I cannot answer her question.
I know all the arguments about love
and kind treatment and psychological
study and patience and so on, and I
know also that there are cases that
none of these things fit.
I do not suppose there is one fam
ily among my readers unable to
confess to some sort of black sheep;
some boy or girl that persists in going
wrong in spite of everything.
Much is said of preachers' sons
who turn out badly and the implica
tion is that they have been treated
too strictly in their youth so that in
later years they rebel.
Some say that children should be
carefully disciplined and rigidly in
structed, but such children have not
always done so well in later years.
1 In 4Act I have known the children
utterly loose and careless parents
to turn out, to, be strict models "of
propriety, and others who have had
every advantage of favorable envi
ronment to gb swiftly to the dogs.
Some say* that children should be
given their freedom and allowed to
do as they please, but that does not
always work.
You may talk about your heredity
and about a child inheriting the bad
traits of his grand uncle and about
environment and about the whole
trouble with children being that they
are not properly disciplined. All this
is very interesting reading. But the
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 102$
| fact remains that the irresponsible
jand wayward sheep is in almost
'every family of my acquaintance,
j Not long ago a prominent banker
I showed me a letter he had' from his
son, telling him that if he did not re
jceive some money immediately he
I would commit suicide. Tha reply
.of the banker may not have been
judicious, but it was interesting. He
said to his son, "I have no money to
send you, but don't let that deter
you."—Dr. Frank Crane.
i HORN'S THEATRE
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PROGRAM, SEPT. 20 - 22
THURSDAY, SEPT. 20
"Code of Scarlet," starring Ken
Maynard.
To those who have seen and mar
veled at the photographical beauty
in "Code of the Scarlet," Ken May
nard's latest western, it will be of
interest to know that the entire pic
| ture, including' the location scenes,
! were taken in California.
The picture is a story of the Can
adian northwest, and as a location
spot had to be found that corres
ponded to the Canadian Rockies as
much as possible, Harry J. Brown,
director, chose the Sierra Madre
mountains after two weeks of cruis-
J ing about the state.
The exact location of the spot is
a place called Crestline, a few miles
from Lake Arrowhead, and just
about one hundred miles from Los
Angeles. Here the wonderful cloud
effects, the lowering mountains,
dense forest growth of the typical
northwoods, was obtained.
The entire company, consisting of
Gladys McConnell, leading woman,
Ed Brady, J. P. McGowan, Dot Far
ley, Sheldon Lewis, Joe Rickson and
Hal Salter were taken to Crestline
,for a three weeks' stay,
j The ascent to this spot is probably
jone of the most hazardous of any in
jthis vicinity. The auto stages and
| trucks can make the gruelling wind
ling road but Tarzan and his two
j companions had to be unloaded at
! the bottom of the grade and walked
up. Tarzan is too valuable a horse
to risk any danger of injury.
A real action story, with thrills
and spectacular riding, is the main
feature of "Code of the Scarlet,"
a First National picture.
Comedy, "Buster's Home Life."
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 ,
Hoot Gibson in "Galloping Fury."
Seventh chapter "Trail of The Tig
er."
Comedy, "Great Guns."
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SATURDAY, SEPT. 22
"Cheerful Fraud," with Reginald
Denny.
Comedy, "Fandango."
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We wish also to make correction
on our program which will be hand
ed out Saturday. You will note Clara
Bow in "Wine" listed for September
29th. This picture will be replaced
by "Beyond London's Lights," and j
"Wine" will come at a later date.
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Famous Londan Actress in "Beyond
London's Lights
Borri and raised in England', Flor
ence Wix, who appears in FBO's j
"Beyond London's Lights" at Horn's,
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Theatre, September 2t>, boasts a
theatrical record so successful that
, it has made her name well known to
theatre goers throughout the entire
British Empire.
i Miss Wix began her theatrical
work in London in musical comedy
| but later switched to pantonine and
' vaudeville. For a number of years
jshe played both in London and
1 throughout the provinces, from
South Africa to Canada.
| Six years ago Miss Wix came to
Hollywood to enter motion pictures
land has followed the silver screen
iever since,, except for a six week
j engagement in "All Alone Susan,"
' on the stage of the Majestic Theatre
;in Los Angeles. Her specialty in
' pictures has been society mother
j parts, and she was chosen for the
! role of Mrs. Drummond in "Beyond
1 London's Lights" because she is said
|to be ideally the type of a proud
' English gentlewoman,
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WHITNEY BLANTON
i BURIED SATURDAY
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i Victim of Auto Accident Near
i Forest City Succumbs to
I Injuries
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j Mr. Whitney Blanton, of near
J Mooresboro, who died in the hospital
; Thursday, following an accident
j Tuesday afternoon, September 11,
near Forest City, was buried Satur
jday at Sandy Run Baptist church at
j Mooresboro, Saturday,
j Mr. Blanton was driving east in
his wagon on state highway No. 20
Tuesday afternoon about 5 o'clock
when a car approached him from the
rear and one in front at Puzzle
J Creek, two miles east of Forest City.
! The cars attempted to pass, and one
i driven by a Mr. Hicks struck the
wagon, killing the mule and demol
ishing the wagon. Mr. Blanton was
thrown to the concrete and suffered
ia fractured skull, which resulted in
his death Thursday.
He is survived by his widow and
the following children: Miss Ttol
Blanton, Mooresboro; Mrs. T. E.
Lamb, Edneyville; A. B. Blanton,
Petersburg, Va.; B. H. Blanton, Lat-
Itimore; G. C. Blanton, Moores-
The New Fall and Winter
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They will give you that delightful
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You are cordially invited to see our New Goods.
HAYMES STORE No. I
AVONDALE, N. C.
boro; M, • B. Blariton, Rich
mond, Va.; B. M. Blanton, Forest
City and Mrs, C. D. Harrill, Canton.
The pallbearers were Messrs. Arth
ur Turner, T. E. Bridges, Clarence
Webb, Furman and Flay Green. Hon
orary pallbearers were, Messrs. H.
F. Turner, Clint Blanton, C. F. Blan
ton, John Bridges, Angus Bridges,
Joe Beam, L. W, Green, J. IL Rol
lins, Otis Turner, Grady Turner.
The large floral offering was car
ried by the following flower girls:
Misses Grace and Gladys Turner,
Burton Blanton, Ruth Blanton, Clara
Webb, Claris Harris, Ruby Green,
Mildred Green, Ila Lovelace and Mrs.
Yates Green.
CARD OF THANKS
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We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors of Rutherford and Cleve
land counties for the many acts of
kindness shown us during the illness
and death of our father, Mr. Whit
ney Blanton, also for the many beau
tiful flowers.
'« THE CHILDREN.
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USED CARS
FOR SALE
I have the following carj
for sale:
1 '24 Bnick Touring..
1 '27 Dodge Coupe
1 '26 Dodge Sedan
1 '24 Dodge Coupe
3 Ford Tourings
1 '26 Dodge Coupe
1 '25 Oldsmobile Sedan
1 Studebaker Touring
1 '25 Ford Coupe
1 '27 Ford Sedan 1
1 '26 Ford Roadster .
1 '24 Ford Sedan
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Phone 107 Mo«» Bldg.
FOREST CITY